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Campground Man · Feb 15th, 2008, 06:31 AM

Define cheap heh...

If you want cheap go for a stock ca18de or ca18det.

Go to oem-surplus.com and snag you a ca18det wiring harness, get the engine and body. I can give you my notes on wiring it in.

Like I said leave it stock if your going cheap. Don't cut corners on cost if your going to try to increase it's power.

Mine is going to be a daily driver so only the intake and exhaust are different than factory.

I'm having a problem getting it running though, I tested compression yesterday and it all above 107 psi. But it seems I'm only getting gas on cylinder #1, after cranking it for about 20 seconds i could tell with a flashlight that the pistons were solid dry. And only a mist of gas was coming from cylinder 1 as it cranked. I'm going to check with a fuel pressure guage today to see if the fuel pump is putting out enough psi. Any clue which fuel is in the input and output on the ca18det? Would this matter if they were backwards?

Feb 15th, 2008, 06:31 AM	#28 (permalink)
Campground Man Nissan Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 131	Define cheap heh... If you want cheap go for a stock ca18de or ca18det. Go to oem-surplus.com and snag you a ca18det wiring harness, get the engine and body. I can give you my notes on wiring it in. Like I said leave it stock if your going cheap. Don't cut corners on cost if your going to try to increase it's power. Mine is going to be a daily driver so only the intake and exhaust are different than factory. I'm having a problem getting it running though, I tested compression yesterday and it all above 107 psi. But it seems I'm only getting gas on cylinder #1, after cranking it for about 20 seconds i could tell with a flashlight that the pistons were solid dry. And only a mist of gas was coming from cylinder 1 as it cranked. I'm going to check with a fuel pressure guage today to see if the fuel pump is putting out enough psi. Any clue which fuel is in the input and output on the ca18det? Would this matter if they were backwards? Last edited by Campground Man : Feb 15th, 2008 at 06:35 AM.